Just two weeks after a professor was shot and killed on campus, students, faculty and staff were placed on lockdown after a report warned of a man wielding a gun at the Frank Porter Graham Student Union. According to UNC Police Chief Brian James,… read more
The UNC Board of Trustees last week elected John Preyer ’90 as chairman and Malcolm Turner ’93 as vice chairman. Preyer, who had served as vice chair for the past two years, succeeds outgoing Chairman Dave Boliek Jr. ’90, an attorney… read more
After a tense battle with the NCAA, UNC football wide receiver Devontez “Tez” Walker was denied eligibility for the 2023 season, drawing sharp criticism of the athletic association from University officials. The fight for Walker’s… read more
Shelton “Shelley” Earp ’70 (MD, ’72 MS) plans to step down as director of the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center in June 2024, University leaders announced this week. Earp, who has served as director since 2018, was the… read more
They came in the thousands to honor the memory of Zijie Yan, a brilliant, soft-spoken faculty member and nanoscience researcher killed in a campus shooting on Aug. 28. At a vigil held Aug. 30 at the Smith Center, the Carolina community came… read more
Almost exactly 48 hours after a professor was shot and killed on campus, students, their family members and community residents gathered in front of South Building to advocate for stronger gun control laws. “We are sharing our lived… read more
This article was updated at 3:26 p.m., Sept. 6, 2023. Just six days into the start of the fall semester, a UNC PhD student shot and killed an associate professor in the department of applied physical sciences on campus. No one else was… read more
The Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise, housed in Kenan-Flagler Business School, will launch the Luther Hodges Scholars Program this fall. This undergraduate excellence program is aimed at addressing the most pressing issues facing business… read more
Jim Blaine ’00 and Jennifer Halsey Evans ’94 have been appointed to the UNC Board of Trustees. Blaine, who was nominated by the North Carolina Senate, was chief of staff from 2011 to 2018 for Senate leader Phil Berger when Berger was Senate… read more
Former UNC women’s basketball coach Sylvia Hatchell, who led the Tar Heels to their only national championship in 1994, was honored this month with a bench in the Championship Coaches Legacy Garden in Springfield, Massachusetts. Hatchell is a… read more